The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1887-06-18

RELIGIOUS Notices.

T0acsontoacn H. E. Church-Preaching to-mor.
row Sunday, at IL q: m, and at p; m, by the
pastor, Rev. Page Milburn. Sabbath school al
$50 a. m. and 2.30 p. m.
Prayer meeting on Wednesday, at p. M
day, day. at D. m. Bible class on Thursday, at p
m. Public cordially invited.
Trinity p e. Church, Observation-Disclosures
pm; Friday, Bible Reading, at p. m. Luther
vile on Sunday, at 40 p. m.
Eutaw NJ P. Church, Harford Road.-Preaching
every Sunday, by the pastor, Rev. ]. NJ. Gill, at
IL a. m. All invited.
Saters' Baptist Church.-Preaching every Sun
day by the pastor Rev. w. j. Nicoll, at Saters'
Baptist Church, at II a. M, and at Pikesville Bap-
fist Church at p. m.
Epson N. p. Church, Towsontown. Preaching
on Sunday, by the pastor, Rev. j. L.. Elderdice,
at 1880 a. m. Prayer meetings every Sunday and
Tuesday nights, at o clock.
-Tuesday next, June 21st, is the longest day
of the year-fourteen hours and ffty-two minutes.
"A very entertaining and gossipy letter
from Mt Washington is published in The UNION
to, day.
The Grand Jury visited the aims house on
Friday Of last week and made careful inspection
of the premises.
The people of New Market, 18th district,
have organized temperance society, which holds
weekly meetings.
The graves of the soldiers who are buried
at Pine Grove Church, RayvilIe, will be decorated
on Sunday, 10th inst.
Mr.. Alex. M. Fulford says that Hartford
county is entirely exempt from contagious or in
fictitious diseases among CATTLE
The Muth brewery property, on the Beair
road, has been sold to the Standard Brewing Com
pany of Baltimore, for 100000.
Mr.. F. l. Duncan, of the Sth district, is a
he
man now in the field for that office.
The net receipts of the garden party held
at Trinity Church chapel, Towsontown, on Friday
evening of last week, were SlS5O0
The annual convention of the Hartford coun-
ty Sunday schools will be held in Belair, Wednes-
day and Thursday, July goth and 2lst.
"A bright little four year-old boy of our ac-
quaintance, on being asked at table if he drank
coffee, replied: "No, it's too rich me-"
Mr.. A. ]. Crockett, of the 18th district who
has been a night inspector in the Baltimore Gus
tom House for several years, has resigned.
Old Rock Chapel, near New Market, 18th dis
trict, which has stood the storms of seventy win
tiers, has been sold to Mr.. John E. Kauffelt.
"A large number of people from Baltimore
went up to Emory Grove camp ground on Thurs
day to select lots for the forthcoming camp.
Some of the heirs of the late George Jessop,
who resided near Ashland, Sth district, have filed
q caveat to his will, alleging undue influence, &c.
The milk business of the Maryland Central
road has grown to very large proportions and
many hundreds of gallons are carried to the city
daily.
1t is said there is standing offer of $685.
900 for the splendid farm of the late S. S. Patter
son, in Long Green Valley. The price asked is
$4,000.
The attendance at the regular June meet
ing at Sater's Baptist Church, Chestnut Ridge, on
Sunday last, was very large, and there was good
sprinkling of politicians.
-Children's Day services will be held at the
hail. Glyndon, Sunday next June 10Th, at p.
M Mr.. John F. Gore is superintendent of the
Sunday school at that place.
Mr. James N. Henderson, an aged and well
known farmer near Sweet Air, who was very i'll
for a long time, is again able to be out and was
in Towsontown on Thursday.
Mr.. John F. Anderson and bride have re-
turned from their wedding tour and have taken
up their residence with Mrs. Lee, the grandmother
of Mrs. Anderson. in Towsontown.
-Adjutant General Howard has supplied the
Towson Guards with splendid new blankets and
the company is gradually getting in trim for the
August encampment at Hagerstown.
City people who have country residences in
the season. In consequence the congregations OF
the churches have become much larger.
Mr.. ]. S. Graham, secretary of the Mary
land Hospital for the Insane, Gainesville, was in
Towsontown on Tuesday and called at THE UNION
Office. He is very pleasant gentleman.
The new road approaching Lake Roland
from the terminus of the avenue which passes the
residence of Mr.. w. H. Perot, is now open and
very much shortens the drive to the lake.
BY the quarterly distribution of the State
public school fund, made by the Comptroller on
the 18th inst, Baltimore county white schools re-
ceive S6,3O7.75, and colored schools 81, 12S14.
-Englewood, the colored peoples chapel at
Lutherville, celebrated its anniversary last Sun
day, several hundred people participating in the
ceremonies. Several interesting addresses were
made.
Elizabeth M. Fitzgerald, postmaster at
Texas, Baltimore county, having changed her
name by marriage to Elizabeth M. Quinn, asks
the P. o. Department to reappoint her under her
new name.
Francis P. McFadden, who died at his
home in Baltimore, on the 10th inst, aged AZ
years, was a stonecutter by trade and was for a
long time engaged on the Sheppard Asylum, near
TOWsontown.
The county police made another raid last
Sunday ON the liquor sellers in the vicinity of the
city and made a number of arrests. 1t would
appear that the County Commissioner order is
really to be enforced.
The Postofice Department has established
railroad service on the new d. & 0. line through
this county and the postofices to be supplied are
Convention, Joppa, Gunpowdcr, Upper Falls, Col
den Ring and Rosedale.
At the commencement exercises of Western
Maryland College, Westminster, which took place
this week, Miss Laura B. Taylor, of Waverly,
Baltimore county, member of the sophomore
class, carried off the gold medal.
Mr.. R. Haden Hood, son of Col. John M.
Hood, president of the Western Maryland r. R.
Company, graduated a few days ago at the Rens-
salear Polytechnic Institute, of Troy, New York,
and received the degree of civil engineer.
The little frame chapel in the rear of st.
Michaeps and All Angels P. E. Church, in the
Belt, was removed this week. 1t was originally
mission of st. Johns Church, Waverly, and was
established by the late Rev. FL. E. Johnston.
We had pleasant call on Thursday from
our old and esteemed friend, Mr.. James Council
man, one of the solid men of the Sd district. lie
is nearly seventy four years of age but he is still
an active and remarkably well-preserved man.
William Ritter, the young man who shot
and killed his wife in Patapsco Neck, 18th dis
trict several weeks ago, was tried in the Circuit
Court here on Monday and acquitted, the evidence
going to show that the shooting was accidental
The Kirkpatrick property, situated at the
intersection of Belvidere avenue and the Pimlico
road, has been purchased by Messrs. Martin &
Anderson for the purposes OF half mile race
track, for which it possesses peculiar advantages
At the last meeting of the State Board Of
Education applications for life certificates were
received from the following Baltimore county
teachers: Mrs. M C. Bartholow, G. W. Price, H.
A. Bachtel, Miss S. L. Guyton and Miss M. Fitz-
simmons.
"A dairyman on the line of the Western
Maryland railroad found note on one of his re-
turned cans few days ago, requesting him not to
dip so deep into his spring the next time. The
Baltimore milkman had found good-sized fish
in the can.
"A large number of witnesses from Reisters-
town were before the Grand Jury on Monday, to
testify in reference to free fight which occurred
in that place on the 30th of May. Some of the
most prominent citizens of the town were among
the number.
The Northern Central r. K. Company II
putting up trestle bridge on the site of the old
Belvidere bridge, in order that trains may run di
rect from the tunnel to Calvert Station, and doing
away with the necessity of their going around by
way of Union Station.
The citizens of Patapsco Neck, 18th district
who were so very anxious to secure new voting
precinct for that district, made gallant and de-
termined fight and deserve to succeed. The new
precinct is to be known as No. 6, and the voting
place will be at Grange Hall.
-Postmaster Brown, of Baltimore city, il
making commendable effort to increase the mai
facilities on the Maryland Central railroad and ht
has asked the P. o. Department to establish 8
railway postofice on the train which leaves Boun
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